Quotes from Blake Lively

I think that when you smell good, you feel good. You know how when you're in a room and someone else smells good, you're like, 'Where is that?'

My mom is a huge woman of worth for me because she's been my idol my whole life. My mom was someone who juggled everything. She had her own career, she raised five kids, she was Superwoman... and she was never satisfied doing just one thing because... she probably just had too much energy.

I have to learn to knit.

Design, whether it's on your body or in your home, is the same thing. It's mixing different colors, different textures, and unexpected patterns - elements that you wouldn't often put together in an interesting way.

You can't really go wrong as long as you're true to yourself.

When I have bad days, I just eat lots of chocolate ice cream and dance to the 'Lion King' soundtrack. It's really odd, but it's true.

I feel like there are so many people I admire for so many reasons that I can't look at one person's life and say, "I want that life." I want to make my own history.

All I need is my Chanel dress, my Louboutins, and some red lipstick.

I need good friends who can say, 'I love you to death, but you look terrible in that, and you need to change right now.'

I love to photograph the gorgeous landscapes when I travel.

I love to have my hair down I love to have my hair full... there's something romantic about it.

I grew up with the mindset that when you get home from work, you go to dinner and watch a movie. I don't want to be going to a club and taking off my panties.

I never really cook from recipes. But the worst is when something turns out great and I can't figure out how to make it again!

I have a tight-knit Southern family.

I came from a big family... a big family of Southerners.

Soy lattes get me through my day!

My mom and dad always taught acting, so instead of getting me babysitters, they would just bring me to class.

My mom would have different fragrances for different times of the year. They were a part of her identity. I don't remember the specific ones she used, but I remember the bottles.

If I could spit out a litter of kids, I would.

The most powerful thing is for women not just to be the beneficiaries of the change, but to be agents of it.

I was class president, on the cheerleading squad, in a competitive show choir, and in, like, six different clubs.

If a guy can play Guitar Hero with me and sit at home and watch the Food Network and read magazines with me, that's good. I don't think there are many guys that's fun for. It's a lot to ask.

I had a premonition when I was nine that I'd marry Leonardo DiCaprio.

When I was a child, I probably should have been medicated about my obsession with The Spice Girls. I had the Buffalo shoes, a customised Baby Spice necklace - when I say custom-made, it was made out of plastic from the local mall - and a Union Jack dress.